Folks,

Our crews have just exposed the subplowzone base of a small, ca. 1830-1860 brick clamp in rural Illinois – probably no more than 30-ft square.  I am looking for comparables in either published or unpublished reports, or contemporary literature about design and function …

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Mark

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Mark C. Branstner, RPA

Historical Archaeologist


Illinois State Archaeological Survey

Prairie Research Institute

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571

23 East Stadium Drive

Champaign, IL 61820


Phone: 217.244.0892

Fax: 217.244.7458

Cell: 217.549.6990

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